In pics: Heavy rain lashes Chennai; roads waterlogged

Heavy rains lashed Chennai on Friday morning leading to waterlogging in various parts of the city — R Ramesh Shankar

The authorities have also announced a rain holiday for schools and colleges on Friday — R Ramesh Shankar

Visual from Pallavaram in Chenna — R Ramesh Shankar

A woman shields herself from the rains at GST Raod in Chennai on Friday — R Ramesh Shankar

People braved waterlogged roads on Friday morning — R Ramesh Shankar

Chennai's K K area was waterlogged due to heavy rains on Friday — C Suresh Kumar

IMD predicted thunderstorms with heavy rain over some areas of Chennai and suburbs for the next 48 hours — C Suresh Kumar

The maximum and minimum temperature is likely to be around 30 deg C and 25 deg C respectively — C Suresh Kumar

Weekend may begin with heavy to very heavy rains over Kanchipuram and Tiruvallur on Saturday while Chennai and a few northern, southern and delta districts may get heavy rainfall — C Suresh Kumar

A fresh low pressure area is likely to form over south Andaman sea around November 29 — C Suresh Kumar